Talking with a friend of mine recently, I was elaborating on the history of the flowers and why I thought the art form died off. What we couldn’t figure out though was why, all of a sudden, the art form started in the first place, or where exactly.

So now I’m trying to locate the beginnings of the flowers and I’m not having a whole lot of luck in that area. But the current project is to get some of the actual writing done since my hands need a break from construction for a week or so.

My latest haul of library books isn’t quite as helpful as the prior batch was and I’m running out of directions to pursue.

But I’m still working on the project. I finished a carnation last week (which I think is why my hands are stressed) and several dandelions. I will be working on buds when I get back to it next week.